Audrey spoke from beside me.
“You told me Mom thought I was embarrassing myself.”
He shifted in his chair.
“Don’t call her sweetheart.”
“Sweetheart, you were taking it too seriously.”
“Don’t call her sweetheart,” I said.
Laura turned toward him.
“Is this because Mia didn’t get accepted?”
Nobody answered.
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I Protected a Woman from a Man Who Was Following Her Down the Street – An Hour Later, I Saw Him Sitting at Our Family Dinner Table
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Then Scott asked, “Derek?”
“All I could think about was Mia crying after her rejection.”
